Sun, Oct 12, 2003 - Page 6 News List

WHO angered by cardinal claiming condoms unsafe

AIDS PREVENTION A Vatican official's claim that the HIV virus is small enough to pass through a condom has been rejected by doctors

AP , VATICAN CITY

But he said there was only one way to prevent AIDS and the HIV virus from spreading. ``We say that prevention ... is called chastity.''

The Church has argued that condoms don't offer 100 percent protection and only contribute to what Barragan called a ``pan-sexual'' society in which sex has been separated into an act of pleasure or procreation.

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